Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2 Return to the Unova Region for New Adventures

What's black and white and packed with new features that portable gaming
fans will love? Pokémon
Black Version 2 andPokémon
White Version 2, both launching Oct. 7 for the Nintendo
DS family of hand-held systems (also playable in 2D on Nintendo
3DS systems), deliver a wealth of new options and story elements
that experienced Pokémon fans and newcomers alike can instantly enjoy.
Revisiting the imaginative Unova two years after the events of 2011's Pokémon
Black Version and Pokémon White Version, these games
invite players to meet old friends and make new ones as they quest to
face down rival Gym Leaders, survive heated turn-based battles and
collect as many Pokémon as possible. The ability to make your own
Pokémon movies, connect with other players in new ways and enjoy a new
storyline add even more fun to the mix.

In Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2,
players take on the role of a Pokémon Trainer who must explore new areas
of the Unova region two years after the events of Pokémon Black Version
and Pokémon White Version. This marks the first time in the history of
the core Pokémon video game series that storylines have continued from
one game release to another. The characters and environments in Unova
have undergone extraordinary changes, from the rise of new Gym Leaders
to a new Unova Challenge area where players can level up their Pokémon
more easily than ever before. A newly upgraded Pokédex also makes it
simpler to find data and track Pokémon – including new forms of
Legendary Pokémon.

"The amount of new features and content in Pokémon Black Version 2 and
Pokémon White Version 2 is remarkable," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of
America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "Even fans who
spent countless hours battling their way through the Unova region in the
previous games will find plenty of surprises, and it's an experience
found only on Nintendo hand-held systems."

Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2
introduce a new Medal System that rewards players for reaching certain
in-game milestones, such as taking a certain number of steps, hatching
Egg and using C-Gear to connect with friends. There are more than 250
unique medals to collect, giving players more goals to achieve even
after they have completed the game's main storyline. Players who have
completed the main game can also enjoy additional content through the
Key System, which unlocks additional Unova Challenge areas for players
to take on, and offers detailed customization options for advanced
players. For example, players who have gained access to the Key System
can adjust the difficulty of the Pokémon belonging to Trainers they
encounter in the field, making them stronger or weaker.

As players work to uncover the mystery behind Black Kyurem and White
Kyurem, they'll encounter new areas. Join Avenue is a new location that
works like a virtual shopping mall where players can browse and buy a
wide selection of in-game items – from plants and berries to fossils
that can be turned into living Pokémon. When players connect wirelessly
with others, they're rewarded with more shops on Join Avenue and more
choices for enhancing their Pokémon's abilities.

Other new features in Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon
White Version 2 include the new Pokémon World Tournament mode, which
lets players battle Gym Leaders from regions in previous Pokémon video
games. There's also Pokéstar Studios, a movie "studio" near Virbank
where players can use a variety of scripts to make their own customized
Pokémon movies and release them to an audience. Players who experienced Pokémon
Black Version and Pokémon White Version can use the
Memory Link feature to sync their save files from those games and view
an expanded storyline showing events that took place in Unova during the
past two years.

Players with a Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 3DS XL system also can connect
to the Internet and purchase Pokémon
Dream Radar from the Nintendo eShop. Also launching on Oct. 7 at a
price of $2.99, Pokémon Dream Radar lets players use the
built-in Nintendo 3DS camera and motion controls to catch Pokémon, which
can then be transferred into Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon
White Version 2. The Pokédex
3D Pro application launches in the Nintendo eShop on Nov. 8 at a
price of $14.99, allowing players to see more than 640 Pokémon in full
3D and offering information that Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon
White Version 2 players will find especially useful.

The original Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White
Version launched across North America in March 2011, selling more
than 1 million copies on their first day of availability and launching a
new generation of Pokémon. To date, the games have sold nearly 15
million units worldwide, ranking them among the best-selling games of
all time for Nintendo DS family of systems.